Fishing-bob.



PATENTED 0M. 6, 1903.

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ION PILEDA .1903.

APPLmAT H0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented October id, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN s. sooTT, or GREENVILLE, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO WILL R. ALLEN, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

FISHING-BOB.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,474, dated October 6, 1903.

' Application filed April 21,1903. Serial No. 153.657. (No model.)

has for its objects to produce a device of thischaracter which will be simple of construction', efficient in operation, one which may be manufactured at a minimum cost, and one in which the bob may be readily adjusted upon the line and securely held against accidental movement.

With these and other objects in view the invention comprises the novel details of construotion and combination of parts more fully hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1- is an elevation of a fishing-bob constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central longitudinal sectional elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the line-clamping device.

Referring tothe drawings, 1 indicates my improved fishing-bob,which is preferably composed of tnpelo-gum root, because of its combined lightness and stability, and is providedwitha longitudinal central bore 2, in which is secured in any suitable manner aseamless metal tube 3, composed, preferably, of brass. This tube, which in, practice receives the fishin g-line 4, serves as a lining for the bob to protect the same from water and is fixedly se cured in place in the central bore of the bob by flanging or turning its ends outward, as

- at 5, at the ends of the bob. The outer face of the bob is painted, as usual, and the paint facture of fishing-bobs, but that its use in this connection hasnever before been practicable,

, owing to the factthat it is extremely porous,

and consequently readily absorbs water, and that I render its employment in this connection feasible by coating the same externally so with a waterproof material and applying to its inner bore a lining, as above described, thus entirely precluding the Water from ontrance into the body of the material.

7 indicates my improved line-clamping device, which comprises a tubular body portion composed of any suitable material, having a spring-finger 8 formed integral therewith and adapted to bear upon the line and clamp the same against the inner wall of the tube 3. In practice the clamping device is inserted into the end of the tube 3, with the line passed through the tubular body portion of the device and between the spring clamping-finger 8 and the wall of the tube in position for the finger to bear yieldingly upon the line and frictionally clamp the same against the wall of the tube, as above stated, and in this connection it is to be noted that the end of the finger which bears upon the line is slightly 7o bent angularly, as at 9, to obviate chafing of the line, which is further obviated owing to the engaging point of the finger being slightly con caved to conform to the curvature of the line in cross-section. In practice the bob may be readily slipped along the line to any desired position and will be retained in such position bythe action of the finger 8, which entirely precludes accidental movement of the bob.

From the foregoing it will be seen that I produce a simple and efficient device which in practice will admirably perform its functions, and in attaining these ends it is to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise details herein shown and described, inasmuch as minor changes may be made therein without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what 0 I claim is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a fishing-bob comprising a body portion having a 1 end of the finger being angularly bent to 010- 10 line-receiving bore, a metal tube extending viate chafing of the line.

through the bore and engaging the bob at its In testimony that I claim the foregoing as ends, and a Waterproof material applied to my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the outer surface of the body. the presence of two witnesses.

2. A fishing-bob having a line-receiving JOHN S. SCOTT. bore, a line-clamping device seated in the Witnesses: bore and comprising a tubular body portion ROBERT B. ALLEN,

and a spring clamping-finger, the engaging H. F. LIVELY. 

